Binding tape for the edges of mesh fly swatters and the like



Aug. 17, 1954 D. N. HARNEY BINDING TAPE FOR THE EDGES OF MESH FLY SWATTERS AND THE LIKE Filed June 25, 1951 Patented Aug. 17, 1954 BINDING TAPE FOR THE EDGES OF MES FLY SWATTERS AND THE LIKE Donald NQHarney, Moorestown, N.

J assignor to E. W. Twitchell, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application June 25, 1951, Serial No. 233,415

3 Claims. 1

provide a binding tape composed essentially of paper which shall have the degree of flexibility and felt-like properties required for elfective binding of the edges of wire or other mesh fly swatters.

While the binding tape has an application of primary importance to the production of fly swatters, it will be apparent that it will find other applications where a binding tape of the aforesaid characteristics is required.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the attached drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a section of binding tape made in accordance with the invention, the primary elements being separated at one end to more clearly illustrate the construction;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a face view of the head portion of a fly swatter bound with tape made in accordance with the invention;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 44, Figure 3; and I Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective of an element of the tape illustrating a modification Within the scope of the invention.

With reference to Figures 1 and 2, a tape made in accordance with my invention comprises two primary elements designated l and 2 respectively. The element l consists of a strip of structurally strong paper of the character of kraft which has been provided with a fine textured crepe so that the strip material, while displaying a relatively even surface texture, still possesses a substantial degree of stretch. Preferably the creped strip will be capable of a stretch in the neighborhood of 100 per cent. This has been found highly suitable for uses involving angular bends of the tape on relatively small radii and of a character more fully explained hereinafter. Lesser or greater degrees of crepe, say of the order of 45 to 55 hills to the inch, may be used and will be found satisfactory forcertain purposes to which the tape is obviously well suited.

The other element 2 of the tape structure may be composed suitably of multiple-ply cellulose wadding, preferably spot or otherwise embossed in order to effect a better cohesion between the plies and attached to the Matt strip [by adhesive. In the present instance the adhesion of the cellulose wadding element 2 to the kraft paper element 1 is effectedby means of a longitudinal strip of adhesive 3 applied to the face of the kraft strip l, illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. A series of separate spots or localized areas ofadhesive similarly applied may be used in lieu of the continuous strip 3. 1 i i i I The cellulose wadding component of the composite tape, thus produced possesses a felt-like quality and confers upon the tape a desirable degree of bulk which adapts the :tapewellto the function of binding the edges of mesh fly swatters as mentioned above. The cellulose wadding is soft and also possesses a degree of flexibility and compressibility which permits it to conform readily to the shapes to which the tape may be bent. In its application to fly swatters, as illustrated in Figure 3, the tape is doubled around the edges of the wire mesh 4, which forms the head of swatter and which is secured to a handle element 5, and is secured to the mesh by suitable stitching 6. The cellulose wadding on the inner side of the binding embraces the raw edges of the mesh 4 and embeds the cut ends of the wire. The wadding thus provides an effective insulation layer between the sharp ends of the wires of the mesh and the kraft envelope I which not only precludes penetration of the envelope by the wires but also cushions the impacts to which the kraft envelope is subjected in the normal use of the swatter.

For binding fly swatters I have found suitable a tape wherein the one component consists of kraft paper of approximately 25 lbs. weight on the basis of 500 sheets, 24"x36", before creping; and wherein the other component consists of a fiveply cellulose wadding wherein the individual ply averages in the neighborhood of 12 lbs. plus or minus 10% on the same basis. The first component is creped in the neighborhood of 45 to 55 hills to the inch and the crepe is highly uniform in character which affords the fine texture previously referred to. It will be understood that the foregoing is by way of specific example and that the invention in its broader aspects contemplates for specific purposes material departures from the figures noted.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and described above, the strip 1 was creped in one direction only, i. e. transversely to the length of the strip. It hasbeen found desirable in some instances to provide this strip also with creping in the opposite or longitudinal direction, as indicated in Figure 5 wherein the strip is indicated 'and finishes by impactof the swatter.

acter of creping wherein the folds or hills are of V such high uniformity and are so closely set as to leave the strip with a relatively smooth or even surface texture.

The use of the aforedescribed composite tape confers certain highly desirable and improving properties on fly swatters, particularly of the wire mesh type. The properties of the kraft envelope,

for example, combined with'the cushioning characteristics of a wadding, produces a tough, abra-' sion resisting binding superior in durability tothe neighborhood of 100 per cent. 7

many of the textile and plastic tapes heretoforev employed, and 'at a fraction of the cost of the prior tapes. The composite tape of this invention is also soft and resilient to a degree substantially precluding the marring .of woodwork As previously; set forth, exposure-of the wire ends of .the swatter is effectively prevented.

; I. claim: 7

1. A binding tape for the edges of mesh flyswatter heads and the like, said tape consisting solely of structurally strong abrasion resistant paper; strip material having a fine textured transverse crepe substantially at right angles to the longitudinal edges of the strip material,-said crepe consisting-ofabout 45 #055 hills to the inch, and

cellulose wadding in multi-ply strip form, said wadding being attached to a face of said crepe paper strip material at localized areas only to form with said strip material an integrated composite tape of bulk and thickness materially'in excess of that of the paper alone, said tape having a high degree of longitudinal extensibility parallel tothe plane ofthe paper and being capable, after being folded flat on itself along a longitudinal line toward the wadding side thereof, of conforming readily without bunching'to short radius bends in the plane of the folded tape.

2. A binding tape according to claim 1 wherein the paper strip material is capable of a stretch in 3. A binding tape according to claim 1 wherein the paper strip iscreped longitudinally as well as transversely. V a

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1. A BINDING TAPE FOR THE EDGES OF MESH FLYSWATTER HEADS AND THE LIKE, SAID TAPE CONSISTING SOLELY OF STRUCTURALLY STRONG ABRASION RESISTANT PAPER STRIP MATERIAL HAVING A FINE TEXTURED TRANSVERSE CREPE SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE STRIP MATERIAL, SAID CREPE CONSISTING OF ABOUT 45 TO 55 HILLS TO THE INCH, AND CELLULOSE WADDING IN MULTI-PLY STRIP FORM, SAID WADDING BEING ATTACHED TO A FACE OF SAID CREPE PAPER STRIP MATERIAL AT LOCALIZED AREAS ONLY TO FORM WITH SAID STRIP MATERIAL AN INTEGRATED COMPOSITE TAPE OF BULK AND THICKNESS MATERIALLY IN EXCESS OF THAT OF THE PAPER ALONE, SAID TAPE HAVING A HIGH DEGREE OF LONGITUDINAL EXTENSIBILITY PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE PAPER AND BEING CAPABLE, AFTER BEING FOLDED FLAT ON ITSELF ALONG A LONGITUDINAL LINE TOWARD THE WADDING SIDE THEREOF, OF CONFORMING READILY WITHOUT BUNCHING TO SHORT RADIUS BENDS IN THE PLANE OF THE FOLDED TAPE. 